{"id":62625,"date":"2019-08-16T17:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cotoacademy.com\/starting-business-japan-tokyo-start-guide-important-links\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:29:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T05:29:45","slug":"starting-business-japan-tokyo-start-guide-important-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cotoacademy.com\/ja\/starting-business-japan-tokyo-start-guide-important-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a Business in Japan &#8211; Tokyo Start-up Guide (Important Links)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in starting a business in Japan?\u00a0 Is your dream to move to Tokyo and open a restaurant, shop, or an internet start-up?<br \/>\nAfter several of our students have asked us about finding information about this &#8211; we thought it was time to write our own article.<br \/>\nWe hope that this guide is helpful to you and that it motivates you to continue learning Japanese and further your life in Japan.<\/p>\n<h2>Starting a business in Tokyo<\/h2>\n<p>In Japan starting a business can be confusing. 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Phone is actually more responsive than email during business hours.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ARK Mori Building<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consultation appointment:03-3582-4934<\/li>\n<li>Other inquiries: 03-3582-8352<\/li>\n<li>FAX: 03-5561-4123<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Shibuya Satellite Center<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consultation appointment: 03-5489-4630<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Marunouchi Satellite Center<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For consultation appointment: 03-6259-1882<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ARK Mori Building<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Shibuya Satellite Center<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Marunouchi Satellite Center<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Operating Hours<\/strong><br \/>\nMorning: 9:30 am ~12:00 am<br \/>\nAfternoon: 13:00 pm ~ 17:30 pm<br \/>\nOperates Monday to Friday<br \/>\nIf you are interested in learning business Japanese.\u00a0 Coto Japanese Academy offers a 4 week intensive business course designed to help you achieve cultural fluency.<br \/>\nThis intensive course covers the basics of Japanese business communication.<br \/>\nYou can learn more about it by clicking the link below:<\/p>\n<p>Often times, it&#8217;s not just enough to have a high-level of Japanese communication skill to start and scale your business in Japan. 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